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<strong>airberlin</strong> <strong>magazin</strong> 3 / <strong>2015</strong><br />
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ma Bentley gehört ja wie Audi und Porsche zum VW-Konzern.<br />
Mit Bentley hat VW nicht nur einen Fuß in der Tür<br />
von Film- und Sportstars, sondern auch in der der Royals.<br />
Mein Testauto mit englischer Zulassung soll ein paar Tage<br />
zuvor noch einen skandinavischen Prinzen begeistert<br />
haben. Zugegeben: Auch ich war schwer beeindruckt von<br />
dem Edelboliden. Obwohl ich wegen der Winterreifen<br />
nicht ausprobieren konnte, wie er sich bei 300 km/h bei<br />
offenem Verdeck fährt. Und der Duft des fein verarbeiteten<br />
Leders ließ mich auch den Durchlauf an Super Plus vergessen.<br />
Spritverbrauch hat man. Doch darüber spricht ein<br />
Bentley-Fahrer nicht. www.bentleymotors.com •<br />
Bentley’s convertible –<br />
the crème de la crème<br />
Debating the practicality of a Bentley Continental GT<br />
makes about as much sense as discussing the looks<br />
of a film star: some things just have to be accepted as<br />
a given.<br />
very man should build a house, plant a tree, sire a<br />
son, ... and drive a 12-cylinder. And anyone who is<br />
setting out to prove the truth of this luxury version<br />
of the old bible verse won’t be able to ignore a<br />
Bentley for long. If he opts for the Continental GT Speed<br />
Convertible, he will be the proud owner of the fastest<br />
four-seater convertible in the world. Despite weighing<br />
in at 2.5 tonnes, the Bentley takes just 4.1 seconds to<br />
accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h and has a top speed of 327<br />
km/h. What more could you possibly wish for? Apparently<br />
quite a few highly paid American basketball stars love<br />
their Continental GT more than their girlfriends. That’s<br />
because, unlike a Ferrari, the headroom provided by<br />
the fabric hood enables even a seven-foot giant to sit<br />
upright. Of course, this much performance and comfort<br />
comes at a price – and in Germany, that price starts at<br />
€222,000. With a few useful extras, such as the carbonceramic<br />
brakes that I’m familiar with from the Porsche<br />
911 Turbo, my test car would have set me back a princely<br />
€267,000. Even some of the dashboard elements on the<br />
Bentley looked familiar, reminding me of my Audi SQ5.<br />
That’s no coincidence: the iconic British brand, like Audi<br />
and Porsche, is a subsidiary of the VW group. Thanks<br />
to Bentley, VW has a foot in the door of film and sports<br />
stars, not to mention royal families: a few days earlier, an<br />
enthusiastic Scandinavian prince had apparently taken<br />
my UK-registered test car for a spin. I have to admit that<br />
I was also pretty impressed with the upper class racer –<br />
even though, due to the winter tyres, I was unable to see<br />
just how it fares at 300 km/h with the top down. And the<br />
sumptuous scent of the leather interior quickly made me<br />
forget the litres of fuel being guzzled under the bonnet.<br />
But that’s not something that Bentley drivers need to<br />
worry about in any case. www.bentleymotors.com •
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